On Friday, Day 707 of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israeli occupation intensified its bombardment across the Strip, killing at least 70 Palestinian civilians and injuring at least 200. Of those killed Friday, 14 were killed while trying to obtain food for their starving families at the US run ‘aid’ sites, and 143 were injured, bringing the total number of ‘aid’ victims to 2,479 and more than 18,091 injured as a result of Israeli snipers and US mercenaries targeting queues and aid distribution areas.
The family in the photo above: Montaser Ahmed, his wife, and all their children, were killed today in an Israeli airstrike.
Mosab Abu Toha reports: A video from today shows a shocking moment: Israeli snipers open fire on unarmed aid seekers who were simply carrying boxes of humanitarian aid and leaving the area near Zikim aid crossing in north Gaza.
In the footage, one person is shot in the leg, another drops their box after being hit, and a third is shot in the head. You can clearly see a bullet striking the ground just before another hits someone.
Gaza Strip hospitals also recorded, during the past 24 hours, two deaths caused by famine and malnutrition, bringing the total to 413 deaths, including 143 children.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that at least 540 humanitarian workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, one of the highest death tolls for aid personnel in any modern conflict.
Meanwhile, the so-called “humanitarian zone” in al-Mawasi continues to be bombed, despite Israeli claims of safety.
More than 800,000 Palestinians are now crammed into overcrowded camps along the coast, with no access to clean water, food, or medical care.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini described al-Mawasi as a vast concentration camp of starving civilians, stating, “There is no safe place in Gaza, let alone a humanitarian zone.”
The scale and intensity of the attacks reflect a deliberate strategy of extermination, carried out with impunity and in defiance of international law and repeated rulings by the International Court of Justice.
Widespread destruction across Gaza has left over 50,000 Palestinians homeless in less than a week, as Israel’s assault on the city escalates. The latest wave of attacks has devastated residential neighborhoods and critical infrastructure in the city, compounding the destruction already inflicted since the start of the genocide on October 7, 2023.
Watching the waves of displacement sweeping from the heart of Gaza to its southern edges, I am struck by the immense loss and suffering endured by the people. Here, far from my home, I am powerless—unable to document their stories, unable to give voice to their pain. The weight… pic.twitter.com/xeU1kHN390
— Abdulruhman Ismail (@a_abdulruhman) September 11, 2025
Field data confirms that Israeli forces have demolished 12 high-rise residential buildings, each exceeding seven floors and housing approximately 500 apartments.
These strikes alone displaced more than 10,000 residents. Additionally, over 120 mid-rise buildings, averaging three floors, were bombed, forcing at least 7,200 more Palestinians from their homes.
Partial damage was reported in more than 500 other buildings, rendering them uninhabitable and displacing nearly 30,000 people.
The destruction extended to over 600 tents sheltering displaced families, leaving another 6,000 civilians without refuge. Public infrastructure was also targeted, with 10 schools and 5 mosques destroyed.
The cumulative impact of these strikes has left tens of thousands of Palestinians, including children, women, and the elderly, without shelter in under seven days, worsening an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
Medical teams and civil defense units remain under siege, unable to reach the wounded or recover bodies trapped beneath the rubble due to relentless bombardment and the deliberate targeting of ambulances and rescue crews.
Famine-related deaths have risen to 404, including 141 children, as starvation spreads across the Strip.
The official death toll from the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 64,756, with 164,059 wounded since October 7, 2023. The actual death toll is likely much higher, as many bodies are buried under rubble and unable to be reached.
The following attacks by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians were documented by local sources on Friday:
11:16 pm
Horrific scenes of an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential building in western Gaza City moments ago.
11 pm
The Israeli airforce dropped a bomb on the Al-Qadi building on Al-Thawra Street, west of Gaza City, following strikes by Israeli aircraft.
A video captured by Aljazeera Live shows the immediate aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Ajwa family in Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza. The footage shows Palestinians rushing into the streets amid smoke and debris, chanting “we will not leave” in defiance.
The strike is one of many that have targeted densely populated civilian areas of the besieged strip in recent weeks, as residents express growing anger and resilience in the face of ongoing bombardment.
10:42 pm
Wafa news reported that a Palestinian who was trying to obtain aid from the US-corporate run ‘aid site’ was shot and killed by the Israeli occupation forces in the central Gaza Strip.
Separately, a Palestinian citizen was killed when the Israeli occupation forces bombed citizens’ homes east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Five citizens were also injured as a result of a bombing by the Israeli occupation forces on a vehicle in the vicinity of Al-Akkad Mosque on Al-Istabl Street, northwest of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.
10 pm
An Israeli bombardment killed former Rafah Police Director, Brigadier General Jasser Al-Mashoukhi, in Khan Yunis.
9 pm
Israeli aircraft struck the Bank of Jerusalem in western Gaza City moments ago.
7 pm
In Gaza City, a number of citizens were killed and others were injured, some seriously, when Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a tent housing displaced people near Roundabout 17 West.
The Israeli occupation forces targeted a bicycle in Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City, killing one citizen and wounding others, while the planes launched an air strike on the vicinity of the Beersheba Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, and targeted a residential building near Al-Karama Hospital to the north.
In Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, two brothers from the Abu Raida family were killed in a bombing launched by the Israeli occupation on the Armida area in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of the city.
4:50 pm
Two citizens, one of them a child, were killed when an Israeli occupation drone opened fire on them in the Nuseirat camp and the Daraj neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.
A Wafa news correspondent reported that a Palestinian citizen was killed by Israeli drone fire north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, while collecting firewood.
In addition, a child was killed and a number of citizens were injured when an Israeli drone opened fire on them in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City. They were then transferred to the Baptist Hospital.
Israeli occupation artillery also fired several shells towards the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, while warplanes and reconnaissance aircraft continued to destroy and bomb residential buildings in Gaza City, targeting a house next to Al-Zaharna Tower on Al-Jalaa Street to the west.
A photo captured the moment an Israeli missile hit a Palestinian home, destroying the home and killing the family inside:
3 pm
Israeli occupation army ordered the evacuation of the area surrounding Abu Asi School in western Gaza urgently. The school served as a refuge for hundreds of people who had been displaced from their homes by Israeli forces.
People left the area around the school quickly without taking any of their belongings. Yet, they were shocked to discover after the strike that the actual target was the school itself. Those who had been taking refuge there were unable to retrieve any of their possessions.
12 pm
Israeli forces directly shot and killed Amin Abu Muslim, an employee of the Ministry of Health’s Transport Department, while he was transferring the wounded inside the premises of Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza.
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10:50 AM REPORT
killing more than 25 Palestinians and injuring dozens more in a series of coordinated airstrikes, artillery shelling, and sniper fire.
The attacks targeted densely populated neighborhoods, refugee camps, and aid distribution points, further deepening the humanitarian catastrophe.
In the Twam area north of Gaza City, 14 civilians were killed and many others wounded when Israeli warplanes bombed a residential home.
In the Sudaniyya area, northwest Gaza, additional casualties were reported following another strike on a civilian residence.
In Sheikh Radwan, Israeli forces shelled the neighborhood, killing at least four Palestinians and injuring several more. Troops also detonated an armored vehicle rigged with explosives between homes, causing widespread destruction.
Thick smoke and dust engulfed Gaza City as multiple air raids struck residential blocks, including the Zidan building.
In the Shati refugee camp, two Palestinians were killed and several injured when Israeli forces bombarded a tent sheltering displaced families.
In Jabalia al-Nazla, in northern Gaza, four more civilians were killed, and several others injured in Israeli shelling.
In Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, a man was shot dead while waiting for aid, and another was killed in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
In Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, Muhannad Abu Meiri died from injuries sustained in a previous attack, while three homes belonging to his family were bombed at dawn.
Israeli forces also targeted the Ibn Taymiyyah Mosque in Deir al-Balah, as confirmed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit, which documented the strike and its aftermath.
The Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis reported additional casualties from sniper fire and airstrikes in the city center.
It also confirmed that Israeli troops opened fire on civilians near an aid distribution center in northern Rafah, resulting in further deaths and injuries.
These attacks followed a deadly Thursday, during which 53 Palestinians were killed, including 31 in Gaza City and 15 among those waiting for humanitarian aid.
The blockade has severed access to food, clean water, and medical supplies, while humanitarian convoys are routinely obstructed or attacked.
The crisis has reached catastrophic proportions, with mass displacement, hunger, and disease accelerating under siege conditions.
Israeli airstrikes are targeting Gaza City’s few remaining high-rise residential towers — among the only structures still standing which can shelter thousands of displaced families.
Most are surrounded by densely populated tent areas. Targeting the towers, often at short notice,… pic.twitter.com/zoM4q9N8Ww
— Forensic Architecture (@ForensicArchi) September 11, 2025
Casualty figures continue to climb daily amid ongoing airstrikes, shelling, and the collapse of emergency services. Many victims remain buried under debris or unreachable due to direct assaults on rescue teams.
The famine designation, initially confirmed in Gaza City, has now expanded to parts of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, where over 500,000 people are enduring Phase 5 famine conditions, and more than one million face emergency-level hunger.
Food access has become a life-or-death struggle. The obstruction of aid is being weaponized to break civilian resilience. Gaza has been transformed into a landscape of engineered deprivation, where humanitarian infrastructure is being dismantled and survival itself is under siege.
This escalation reflects a systematic campaign of starvation and forced displacement. Entire neighborhoods are being emptied, with families clinging to life in overcrowded shelters, makeshift tents, or the ruins of their homes.
Since Israel violated the mediated ceasefire deal on March 18, 2025, the Israeli army has killed more than 12,206 Palestinians, and injured at least 52,018.
The death toll in Gaza has now exceeded 64,756 Palestinians, with more than 164,059 wounded. The overwhelming majority of victims are children, women, and the elderly, killed or maimed since the beginning of the genocide on October 7, 2023.
